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When You Can Drive if Your License Is Suspended
Traffic

When You Can Drive if Your License Is Suspended

You have several options for getting back on the road after your license has been suspended. The options available to...

Colin Maher
Colin Maher
29 August 2016
5 Minutes Read
Traffic Ticket and DUI Penalties for Commercial Drivers
DUI

Traffic Ticket and DUI Penalties for Commercial Drivers

Most Ohio traffic laws apply equally to all drivers. Whether you are in your own car or behind the wheel...

Colin Maher
Colin Maher
26 August 2016
5 Minutes Read
Do Penalties Escalate for a Higher BAC?
Traffic

Do Penalties Escalate for a Higher BAC?

Yes. Having a high blood alcohol concentration (BAC) when you are pulled over for suspicion of operating a vehicle while...

Colin Maher
Colin Maher
16 August 2016
5 Minutes Read
What May Happen When You Refuse a Sobriety Test
DUI

What May Happen When You Refuse a Sobriety Test

Ohio law enforcement personnel use two sets of tests to make arrests and bring charges for operating a vehicle while...

Colin Maher
Colin Maher
16 August 2016
5 Minutes Read
Will I Do Jail Time for Drunk Driving?
Traffic

Will I Do Jail Time for Drunk Driving?

First, understand that getting pulled over for suspicion of driving under the influence of drugs or alcohol can subject you...

Colin Maher
Colin Maher
9 August 2016
5 Minutes Read
Offenses You May Not Know Are Criminal Charges
Criminal Defense

Offenses You May Not Know Are Criminal Charges

Even as an experienced Columbus, Ohio, criminal defense attorney, I occasionally find myself surprised and amused by a BuzzFeed or...

Colin Maher
Colin Maher
4 August 2016
5 Minutes Read
How You Can Be Wrongfully Charged with Reckless Operation
Traffic

How You Can Be Wrongfully Charged with Reckless Operation

Section 4511.20 of the Ohio Revised Code states that “No person shall operate a vehicle … on any street or...

Colin Maher
Colin Maher
3 August 2016
5 Minutes Read
Underage Drinking Defenses
DUI

Underage Drinking Defenses

Since I practice criminal defense law in Columbus, OH, I know that city, county, state and Ohio State University police...

Colin Maher
Colin Maher
2 August 2016
5 Minutes Read
Why People Drive Under a Suspended License
Traffic

Why People Drive Under a Suspended License

Life does not stop. You have to get to work, shop for groceries, take the kids to practice, and attend...

Colin Maher
Colin Maher
29 July 2016
5 Minutes Read
Will I Have to Have an Ignition Interlock Device After Multiple DUIs?
DUI

Will I Have to Have an Ignition Interlock Device After Multiple DUIs?

Yes. A second conviction within six years for the offense Ohio law calls alcohol-related operating a vehicle while intoxicated (OVI)...

Colin Maher
Colin Maher
28 July 2016
5 Minutes Read

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